EPPP accommodations: how to request them

Candidates with a documented disability can take the EPPP under adjusted conditions, but the request has a fixed order and a hard deadline: it must be finished before you can schedule the exam, and it cannot be added afterward. ASPPB, the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards, which owns the exam, sets out the route in its Candidate Handbook and on two of its own pages. This guide follows that route step by step: who can ask, who decides, what to send, how long it takes, what you get at the test center without asking, and what ASPPB has said about the beta test and the integrated EPPP.

The short answer

• Who can ask: candidates with "a documented disability or impairment recognized by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or the Accessible Canada Act (ACA)."
• Who decides: your licensing board, with a final review by ASPPB and an implementation plan from Pearson VUE.
• When: tick the accommodations box when you register in the EPPP's registration system. Accommodations "cannot be added to an exam after it is scheduled," and you cannot schedule until the process is complete.
• What to send: documentation from the appropriate professionals supporting each accommodation you request, to your board.
• How long: up to 10 to 15 business days after your board approves, and "several weeks" from request to scheduling in ASPPB's words.
• The beta and the integrated EPPP: the same route, and ASPPB asks candidates to apply "as early as possible."

Who can ask

ASPPB's "About Accommodations" page sets the threshold: "If you have a documented disability or impairment recognized by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or the Accessible Canada Act (ACA), you may request special accommodations" for Part 1 and Part 2. The decision is the board's, not ASPPB's: "Each licensing authority reviews its licensure Candidates' accommodation requests and determines eligibility and approval (if warranted, in collaboration with ASPPB®)."

ASPPB's pages do not list conditions, or which accommodations go with which; candidates ask about ADHD, anxiety and other conditions, and the answer starts with the documentation and your board's review of it, not with a list. What ASPPB describes is the process, which its May 2026 post sums up: it "requires the submission of the appropriate medical documentation, a full review of the documentation, correspondence regarding the types of accommodations available and approved, the creation of an implementation plan, and communication with our exam delivery vendor regarding all details necessary for the appropriate delivery of the approved accommodations."

Step by step

1. Tick the box when you register. The Handbook calls it the "Exam Accommodations" box and ASPPB's page the "Special Accommodations" box; either way, mark it in the registration system, "as accommodations cannot be added to an exam after it is scheduled."
2. Answer your board. After you submit, "you will receive an acknowledgement from the licensing authority where you intend to practice along with a request for supporting documentation."
3. Send the documentation to your board. "Documentation from the appropriate professionals/physicians verifying and supporting the need for the accommodation(s) requested must be submitted to the licensing authority for review."
4. Wait for the board's decision. The board approves or denies in the registration system. ASPPB's page still says that system is "hosted by Certemy"; the Handbook of September 2026 names it as Clarus.
5. ASPPB reviews and Pearson VUE plans. "If approved by the licensing authority, ASPPB will receive the approval for final review," and "the final review by ASPPB and the creation of an implementation plan by Pearson could take up to 10-15 business days."
6. Then schedule. "Until the accommodations process is complete, candidates cannot schedule either part of the EPPP." You will get word by email: "Candidates will receive an automated email to view their updated accommodation status."

If something is unclear, ask before you finish registering: "If there are questions regarding accommodations, please contact the licensing authority or ASPPB prior to completing the EPPP Registration process."

How long it takes

Count backward from the date you want. ASPPB's May 2026 post is frank about the total: the communications "must take place before the exam can be scheduled, and therefore, the time between requesting an accommodation and scheduling the exam with the approved accommodation(s) may take several weeks." The last stage alone, after your board approves, can take up to 10 to 15 business days.

Two other clocks run alongside. Once you pay the exam fee, "they must sit for the exam within the following 12 months, unless their testing window end date set by their licensing authority is before that 12-month mark," and the Handbook advises that "Candidates should not pay or schedule their exam fees until they are ready to sit for the exam." Start the accommodations request early, and pay when the approved plan is in place and you are ready.

What you get without asking

Some things at the test center need no approval at all. The Handbook says earplugs or noise-canceling headphones "may be requested after arriving at the testing center. This does not require pre-approval." Whiteboards are there for anyone too: they "can be supplied by the testing center upon request, but they are not automatically supplied."

Breaks work the same way for everyone. On today's exams, "There are no scheduled breaks during the EPPP," and any break you take runs on the exam's clock; the integrated EPPP will have "an optional 30-minute break available during the examination session." Our guide to EPPP test day covers the rest of the day's rules.

The beta test and the integrated EPPP

ASPPB's FAQ on the beta and the integrated EPPP keeps the same route: candidates "covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or the Accessible Canada Act (ACA) may request testing accommodations," they "Submit accommodation requests to the licensing board or college through which the candidate is seeking licensure," and the board decides "under its policies and procedures," with ASPPB's final review if warranted. Its advice on timing is the plainest of all: "Candidates are encouraged to submit accommodation requests and supporting documentation as early as possible to allow sufficient time for review and approval before scheduling their examination."

The details will come in the integrated EPPP's own Candidate Handbook, which ASPPB says it will publish in 2026 and which will cover "accommodations, policies, and other important details."

Your board's part

Because your board decides, its forms and rules are the ones that count, and they differ. ASPPB's FAQ says the board "will review the request and determine eligibility for accommodations under its policies and procedures." Before you register, ask your board three things: which documentation it wants and from whom, whether it has its own request form, and how long its review takes. Our eligibility guide covers the rest of registering, and our EPPP by state guide eight boards' own rules on scores and exams.

A question to try

The course's questions look like this one: a situation, a lead-in that names the task, four options and one best answer, with the reasoning and its source. It comes from Assessment, 20% of the integrated EPPP, and it touches the same idea of fair testing.

Where to start

• Find your starting point. A free account starts with a short diagnostic, 18 questions in about 25 minutes, and builds your study order from the exam's weights and from what you already know.
• Plan around the timeline. Our guide to studying for the EPPP turns your date into weeks, and the plan on the EPPP page comes by email.
• Read a domain in full. With a free account, the eight Consultation and Supervision lessons open in full, with their questions and flashcards.
• Practice at length. Full access opens all 85 lessons and their 2,902 questions, and the timed 215-question mock.